For me, I'd love to sit on a jury. I think it would be fascinating. Unfortunately, the last time I was called down to the courthouse for jury pool voir dire, I was excused because I knew the court stenographer, the court clerk, and the judge (I worked for the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the time) and I think they flagged my record because I haven't been called in the 15 years since then.
Anyway, if I was called for jury duty, there are a couple of trials I'd love to sit in on. One of them is the USA vs Lea W. Fastow trial. Mrs. Fastow failed to reply to a plea deal offer this afternoon, so it looks like she'll be in court. She wanted no more than 5 months of prison time, but I suspect the government wanted a whole lot more than that. To me, 5 months is nothing compared to what she's accused of doing.
Here's a copy of the
indictment.
Some fascinating stuff in here. Shell corporations, defrauding the government for alternate energy subsidies, skimming money from earnings, "creative accounting", unsecured loans to cronies, misleading investors. I'd love to see the evidence to support their accusations, and just how much of it survived the all-night Arthur Andersen paper-shredding parties.
